Captain Tom Day

[Puppylucky]

Really?! Supported by Esther Rantzen et all but now on hold - thank God

Claymorekick I saw that story about the James Brokenshire charity and found it very strange indeed. The woman didn't know him at all.

@VelvetChairGirl

He raised £150k

Here’s some coverage in BBC

He did the walk after “being inspired captain Tom”

So not strange that didn’t get quite the same coverage

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52757533.amp
Also coverage in
Independent
Standard
Metro
Guardian

It was the same challenge as captain tom
Inspired by him
And came after CT’s walk

Oh and he was awarded an obe

Does anyone else think ‘no wonder I’m so cynical’ when stuff like this happens :(

It’s happened with other ‘heartwarming’ news stories, there was the one with the woman who raised money for the disabled pensioner who got mugged a few years back that turned sour. Always to seem to end up that way.

@Juno22

Claymorekick I saw that story about the James Brokenshire charity and found it very strange indeed. The woman didn't know him at all.

It really was strange great journalism right there!

[quote thanktor]@VelvetChairGirl

He raised £150k

Here’s some coverage in BBC[/quote]
really google said 14k must be an old page.

Yes at one pointCT has raised just £14k!

Point is - not really surprising he didn’t get extent of coverage
But he still raised a large sum
Got widespread mainstream coverage
And an obe

For doing something inspired by and already completed by CT

The final figure was almost £200k

@Staryflight445

How much of the money raised actually went to the nhs then?

None. The money was for NHS charities (whatever they are?). It was never for the NHS.

He didn't do anything remarkable, just caught the public mood. Many other people raised money but didn't get recognition.

@VelvetChairGirl

I kept pointing out at the time that there was another old man trying to raise money who got nothing like the coverage.

I concluded the reason why was because the other old man was indian and working class, not some posh old white man from the military.

the other guy raised about 30k and no one really gave a stuff, but I think captain tom appeals to brexit voter types.

and I am happy to say no one around my way clapped like seals on a Thursday night.

I was clap-shamed by my neighbour for refusing to go out and act like a performing seal.

Calling people "haterz" is almost as pathetic a non sequitur as "be kind"

The whole thing wound me up. Not least the whipping up "he's saving the NHS" rhetoric. He raised money for NHS CHARITIES not the NHS. Like a PTA fund.

It played into the sentiment at the time.
Nice enough man, I'm sure, with good intentions but he didn't need a knighthood. He was a kind, old, wealthy chap in a big house with a smile on his face. I'm not sure he ever intended to make his family famous nor rich from it.

It gave people something to get behind and fed a lot of anger towards the government (hurrah) but distracted from what many every folk were doing to stay afloat.

I'm sure the whole Captain Tom Foundation thing will be used as a case study in university business/non-profit courses as an example of how a charity can have an epic rise and a dramatic fall in a very short time frame.

@Hobnobswantshernameback

Calling people "haterz" is almost as pathetic a non sequitur as "be kind"

Or accusing people of just being jealous

Yup
Indeed

@VelvetChairGirl

I kept pointing out at the time that there was another old man trying to raise money who got nothing like the coverage.

I concluded the reason why was because the other old man was indian and working class, not some posh old white man from the military.

the other guy raised about 30k and no one really gave a stuff, but I think captain tom appeals to brexit voter types.

and I am happy to say no one around my way clapped like seals on a Thursday night.

I donated to the Captain Tom fund and I was glad I did. anything to make NHS workers life easier.

I agree with these charities/ foundations being set up in momeoty of someone being more heavily regulated. I have also watched what happened with Ashely Cain and his poor daughter but he and his partner are raising lots of questions about that money at the moment.

She’s very odd. Slightly off on a tangent but I was looking at a jacket on a website the other week. Scrolled down and there she was, wearing it. It was one of those ‘this is how it looks on customers’ things. There was a bit that she’d written about who she was and why we should care. Didn’t buy the jacket.

It's appalling, the 'wage' that members of hid family have paid themselves from donated money.
So sad as Captain Tom is not a name I see in a good light now. Corruption

@Classica

I'm sure the whole Captain Tom Foundation thing will be used as a case study in university business/non-profit courses as an example of how a charity can have an epic rise and a dramatic fall in a very short time frame.

Well not much really to study? No at an RG uni, that’s for sure!

Why do boring people have to wangle mention of RG universities into every thread?

Because it’s very important for strangers to know that their children shall be attending an RG university even when not at all relevant to the discussion

I’m still not really sure what they are (and not interested so no need to tell me)